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This is a breakdown of the PowerPoint that will be shown in class. This first part is a definition of some of the terms that are crucial in the development of language with special attention to those parts that are more complicated for students that are on the spectrum.

As the PowerPoint continues we look at language development from the very beginning.( The PowerPoint has a great deal of videos that I will break down here.)

Infant Scale of Communicative Intent (ISCI)
Birth – 1 mo. Some vocalizations
Nasalized vowels
Begins to cry for attention
1–2 mo. Begins differentiated cry
Gurgles response to stimulation
Produces short vowel sounds
Cries for social stimulation
Source: From “An Assessment Tool: The Infant Scale of Communicative Intent” by Gail Karen Sacks, M.A., CCC-SP, & Edna Carter Young, Ph.D., CCCI-SP, 1982, Update Pediatrics, pp. 1-4. Adapted by permission. This material is in the public domain.


Newborn

Look at the social communication skills that are there from birth.

Baby cry characteristics
This is from the show " The Doctors" it also has an "ap" that is suppose to decipher the baby cries.


Look at the joint attention